Do thick leaves avoid thermal damage in critically low wind speeds?

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 477-487

  Leigh, A ^a   Sevanto, S ^b   Ball, M C ^c   Close, J D ^c   Ellsworth, D S ^d   Knight, C A ^e   Nicotra, A B ^f   Vogel, S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert plants; Heat stress; Leaf temperature; Leaf thickness; Thermal damage; Time constant; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DAMAGE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAT CAPACITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRANSPIRATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

ABSORPTION; CALIFORNIA; DESERT CLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84858752750     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04058.x     Document Type: Article

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